In Photos: Ukrainian evacuees look to the future as they begin new lives in Japan

Nataliia Muliavka, center, and her daughters Myroslava, left, and Vladyslava, right, are seen playing at a park in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 5, 2022. This was the family's first outing after their quarantine period. Nataliia's husband Serhii remains in Ukraine to protect their hometown as a member of the militia. Nataliia commented that though she enjoys Japan's beautiful cherry blossoms, she feels conflicted when thinking about her home country. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

From right, Nataliia Muliavka and her daughters Vladyslava and Myroslava, are seen playing at a park in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 5, 2022. Her husband Serhii remains in Ukraine to protect their hometown as a member of the militia. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Olga Milikofu, left, welcomes her relative Nataliia Muliavka, who evacuated from Ukraine's Kremenchuk, on March 26, 2022, at Narita International Airport. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Vladyslava Muliavka, who fled Ukraine with her mother and sister amid the Russian invasion, is seen playing at a park in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 5, 2022. Her father Serhii remains in Ukraine to protect their hometown as a member of the militia. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Myroslava Muliavka, right, who evacuated to Japan from Ukraine's Kremenchuk, is seen holding a bag donated from the Embassy of Ukraine in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 5, 2022. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Vladyslava Muliavka, right, and her mother Nataliia are seen playing in a sandbox with a Japanese mother and child at a park in the city of Yokohama's Minami Ward on April 8, 2022. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Nataliia Muliavka is seen holding her daughter Vladyslava while relaxing on a couch at her relative's home in the city of Yokohama's Minami Ward on April 6, 2022. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Myroslava Muliavka is seen talking with her father Serhii, who remains in their home country Ukraine, in the city of Yokohama's Minami Ward on April 6, 2022. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Nataliia Muliavka holds a Japanese translation device given to her by the Ukrainian Embassy in Japan, in this photo taken in the city of Yokohama's Minami Ward on April 6, 2022. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

This photo shows a "candle night" event held in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 8, 2022, where participants offered prayers for victims in Ukraine and expressed solidarity. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Nina Datskovska, who fled the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and was brought to Japan by her son, is seen at the Chidorigafuchi cherry blossom spot in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 31, 2022. She said this was the first time she went outside her home country. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Fifteen-year-old Khrystyna, who evacuated to Japan with her mother on March 13, greets her classmates on her first day of school in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on April 12, 2022. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Nataliia Brytkina, left, is seen learning how to use chopsticks from her daughter Anastasiia Fukaya, center, in the city of Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, on April 15, 2022. Nataliia, who fled the city of Pervomaisk located in southern Ukraine, said she was happy that she could meet her daughter, but also wanted to return to her home soon. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

Nataliia, left, is seen viewing flowers with her daughter Anastasiia Fukaya in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on April 17, 2022. Nataliia fled the city of Pervomaisk in southern Ukraine and arrived at Narita International Airport on April 9 on a flight chartered by the Japanese government. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)